Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Tindora | Ivy gourd is one wonder
vegetable which I missed cooking a lot. After coming to Chennai I found this
vegetable quite in abundance in marked and I loved cooking and experimenting
various dishes with it. Hubby never like Tindora but when I made this delicious
crispy fried Tindora he loved it and he used to pick this veggie from marked
during our shopping regularly even if I forget. This has now become one of our
regular lunch side dish menu. Now let’s get started J

Slice the Tindora and keep in a mixing bowl. To this
add in the Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Rice flour, Corn flour, Turmeric
powder, Amchur powder, Garam Masala, and Fennel Seeds. Give a nice toss such
that all the masala powders are evenly coated over the sliced tindora.

Now sprinkle in few drops of water to it such that
the Masala gets thickly coated to the veggies. Now heat in oil for deep
frying .Once the oil is hot add in the Tindora in batches and deep fry.

Cook in high flame for 1 min and then in a medium
flame till the Tindora is fully cooked. Flip and cook in regular intervals. Once
it is fully cooked remove from oil and keep in paper towels to remove the
excess oil. Serve hot with Rice.

Notes:

Feel
free to add the spice powders according to your taste buds.

This
was mildly spicy and we loved it with Steamed Rice and Sambar.

Make
sure the oil is very hot while frying otherwise it consumes excess oil and
takes time to get cooked.

Don’t over
crowd the pan while frying in batches.

Make
sure you flip the Tindora after 1 min frying in high flame otherwise the
Masala might tend to leave apart.

Step by step Method
with pictures:

1. Slice the Tindora and keep in a mixing bowl. To this
add in the Chilli powder, Coriander powder, Rice flour, Corn flour, Turmeric
powder, Amchur powder, Garam Masala, and Fennel Seeds. Give a nice toss such
that all the masala powders are evenly coated over the sliced tindora.

2. Now sprinkle in few drops of water to it such that the
Masala gets thickly coated to the veggies. Now heat in oil for deep frying
.Once the oil is hot add in the Tindora in batches and deep fry.

3. Cook in high flame for 1 min and then in a medium
flame till the Tindora is fully cooked. Flip and cook in regular intervals. Once
it is fully cooked remove from oil and keep in paper towels to remove the
excess oil. Serve hot with Rice.

I actually prepared this Tindora
Fry long and I have shared the pic in my IG profile long back. Due to our Mega
Marathon I had to wait and post now J